mycetoma
mycetoma noun: chronic subcutaneous inflammation caused by infection with certain bacteria or fungi.
Noun
mycetoma (countable and uncountable, plural mycetomas or mycetomata)
- Chronic subcutaneous inflammation caused by infection with certain bacteria or fungi.
- black mycetoma
- melanoid mycetoma
- Specifically, the Madura foot form of the eumycetoma form of the disease.
- Madura foot, or mycetoma, is a chronic inflammatory disease of the foot terminating in extensive undermining of the tissues by sinuses and cavities. In certain districts blackish masses of fungoid capsules and filaments (chionyphe Carteri) are found in the discharges; and with these, or existing...1886, Sir Frederick Treves, editor, A Manual of Surgery. In Treatises by Various Authors. In Three Volumes (Manuals for Students of Medicine), volume I: General surgical affections. The...
mycetoma meaning in Tamil
mycetoma in Tamil
- பூசணத்தடிப்பு
Examples of mycetoma in a sentence
- The world's only research centre on mycetoma, a neglected tropical disease common among farmers, has been destroyed in Sudan's two-year war, its director and another expert have said.2025 April 26, Agence France-Presse, “Only global research unit on tropical skin disease becomes casualty of war”, in South China Morning...
- Madura foot, or mycetoma, is a chronic inflammatory disease of the foot terminating in extensive undermining of the tissues by sinuses and cavities.1886, Sir Frederick Treves, editor, A Manual of Surgery. In Treatises by Various Authors. In Three Volumes (Manuals for Students of...
Forms of mycetoma
| plural | mycetomas |
|---|---|
| plural | mycetomata |
Origin of mycetoma
From New Latin of the 19th century; by surface analysis, mycete + -oma; the fact that the word predates 20th century microbiology explains why the use of this name is not specific to mycotic disease: the disease was named for fungal and apparently fungal causes, and its full pathophysiology (and the current taxonomy of the various causative pathogens) was learned later.
Words formed from mycetoma
Questions about mycetoma
- What does mycetoma mean?
- Mycetoma means chronic subcutaneous inflammation caused by infection with certain bacteria or fungi.
- What is mycetoma in Tamil?
- Mycetoma in Tamil is பூசணத்தடிப்பு. See Mycetoma meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use mycetoma in a sentence?
- The world's only research centre on mycetoma, a neglected tropical disease common among farmers, has been destroyed in Sudan's two-year war, its director and another expert have said.
- What part of speech is mycetoma?
- Mycetoma is a noun.
- What is the plural of mycetoma?
- The plural of mycetoma is mycetomas.
Words near mycetoma in the dictionary
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